Post by A FriendPost by BTR1701Post by A FriendPost by BTR1701Post by A FriendPost by BTR1701Apparently having the word 'police' on a police car is now
"aggressive and militaristic", and if you combine it with
a stylistic display of the American flag, you're terrorizing
illegals and you must be stopped at all costs.
As usual with these posts, it completely misses the point.
The story is not about working flag symbology into the word
"Police," or terrorizing "illegals," or whatever. The police
department appears to be run by a windbag who wants the force
to reflect the paramilitary design he prefers
There is literally nothing about that logo design that is
militaristic. It's actually the opposite of militaristic. Look
at actual military vehicles and you'll see nothing like that on
them. (Hint: bright colors and huge fonts are nothing but massive
target identifiers in a combat setting. There's a reason the
military paints their vehicles to blend in with the surrounding
environment.)
The word "Police" is gigantic when judged against the other look.
Which is not militaristic.
Sure it is
No, it's not because the military does nothing similar with its vehicles.
Post by A Friendbut let's go with "purposefully intimidating."
You can, but I'll decline as I'm not a hysterical child.
Post by A FriendPost by BTR1701Post by A FriendThe flag motif is an inappropriate display by what is supposed to
be a local, civilian police force.
Civilian police forces in America have incorporated the flag and
red-white-blue into their uniforms and dressage for the over a century.
Hell, most cops have the *actual* flag on their uniforms. There's
nothing inappropriate about it as every law enforcement officer swears
an oath to support and defend the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, not just their own local laws.
Of course it's inappropriate, as they're not a federal police force.
Other than your own bizarre opinion, what objective standard limits the
use of the flag and/or its colors on vehicles to only federal law
enforcement?
Post by A FriendThe flag stuff -- well, I don't remember it existing before the Vietnam
War, and I'm from a cop family. In any case, the wearing of flag
patches and pins isn't on this level.
And what level is that? Red, white and blue letters is some kind of
appalling escalation from using the actual flag itself on uniforms and,
you know, flying it on flagpoles in front of the department? When a cop
dies in the line of duty, he/she is buried under those colors but heaven
forfend they be on the car they drive in any way?
Post by A FriendPost by BTR1701Post by A FriendThe intention here, clearly, is to intimidate at least some of the
public while claiming it's all just about the flag.
Oh, baloney. Anyone who's intimidated by the word 'police' on a cop car
needs to get out from beneath his mother's skirt and figure out how to
live in the big ol' mean world.
There is Police and there is POLICE.
Only to a shrinking violet, man-bearded, latte-sipping hipster who still
lives with mom and spends his day talking about 'intersectionality' and
being triggered by micro-aggressions.
Appeasing such people shouldn't be anyone's concern.
Post by A FriendWhy does Laguna Beach cops feel the need to bullhorn their way around
town?
LOL! If they drove past your house in that car, you'd never know it,
unless you happened to be looking directly at the car. Not much of a
bullhorn.
I'm chuckling at the mental image of you looking out the window, seeing
a police car with colorful letters, and shrieking and hiding under a bed
as this intimidating war wagon cruises through your neighborhood.
Post by A FriendPost by BTR1701Post by A FriendYou're also confusing "militaristic" with "camouflage."
No, I'm not. I'm pointing out that the military doesn't do anything like
that with any of their vehicles so calling it "militaristic" doesn't
make any damn sense.
I know what "militaristic" means, and I'm sticking by my point
Okay. That's your choice, I suppose. Everyone has the right to be
nonsensical if they want.
Post by A FriendThe cops don't need the flag motif and the big block lettering on
their cars, unless their intention is to intimidate the population.
People also don't need to fear fonts or colors unless they're either
hysterical man-babies or are the sort of person that's not happy unless
they're offended about something at least twice an hour.
Post by A FriendThe alternative car looked fine.
So does this one.
Post by A FriendIt even had POLICE on it, in bold black letters.
Oh my god! A cop car had the word 'police' on it? And the letters were
*black*? Dear god, black is widely known as a very intimidating color.
The Nazis used black uniforms and vehicles, for fuck's sweet sake! What
were those fascist cops thinking? Are you okay? Do you need to talk to a
therapist or something? I'm surprised you've emotionally recovered
enough to even talk about it.